Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 113, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1913 — He Couldn’t Bear to Disturb a Trusting Feline [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

He Couldn’t Bear to Disturb a Trusting Feline

KANSAS CITY, MO.—“—and she sat in my lap'all the rest of the show,** he was saying as he emerged from a motion picture theater the other afternoon. It did sound a bit scandalous. But after hearing the first part of the story It wasn’t scandalous at all. “It was a dark reel," the narrator began, “and I must have been a little drowsy. Suddenly something soft and pretty heavy came down in my lap with a sort of ‘plop.’ I jumped and wondered what was over me. But it was just a big Maltese cat She was purring like a little sawmill and sticking her claws into me comfortably, the way cats do when they are contented. “Well, It was the last reel on the program, but when it was over that eat was so peaceful and happy in my lap I couldn't bear to upset her. So 1

sat through the whole program again. Kitty humming away to herself and smiling up at me every now and thee, confidingly. - "When, I did got up, finally, she stuck her claws Into my legs and embraced me desperately. I never saw such a friendly cat Speaks well tor the general public, I think, that a eat M In a theater should be so sure of a welcome and entertainment among strangers.”